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MILEPOST
milestone, milepost
(noun) stone post at side of a road to show distances
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
milepost (plural mileposts)
A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places
(rail transport) A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line)
Verb
milepost (third-person singular simple present mileposts, present participle mileposting, simple past and past participle mileposted)
To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).
Anagrams
• polemist, postmile
Source: Wiktionary
Mile"post`, n.
Definition: A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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